The meeting included an awards ceremony honoring outstanding volunteers from throughout the region. Four area women received awards:

-- Kimberly Baker, Orrstown, received the GSHPA Forever Green pin for volunteers whose service to a group covers an extended period of time, exemplifies the program and influences the lives of those in the council. The award required a nomination and two endorsements to be considered.

Marcy Coover (courtesy)

Baker, currently the service unit manager, has been involved for 28 years, with service as leader, CPR/first aid trainer, day camp volunteer and troop coach. She continues to advise a teenage troop. She is a mentor for older girls and encourages scouts by allowing them to establish their "can do" lists for the year and then mentoring them to meet their goals.

-- Both Marcy Coover, Shippensburg, and Ami Spriggs, Chambersburg, received Girl Scouts USA appreciation pins for serving in at least one geographical or program delivery area. Nominees must have significantly contributed to meeting council goals in membership, fund development or community visibility. The award requires nomination and two endorsements.

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Coover works with a multi-level troop in Chambersburg. She has trained volunteers, done troubleshooting, and stepped in to help lead a Daisy troop when none could be found and manage a sales area. When the closing of the Adams County Girl Scout Camp El-Wa-Ho affected several service unit day camps, Coover helped organize Day Camp 2011 for area girls of all age levels from several service units.

Spriggs is the assistant leader of a Chambersburg group of 30 girls from Juniors through Ambassadors.

Ami Spriggs (courtesy)

Recently, she and her troop leader started a new Daisy/Brownie troop in the area. Spriggs is the troop coach for older scouts, a service unit delegate, the day camp registrar, and the service unit registrar. She will help an older girl work on her program aide training or requirements for a Silver award.

-- Susan Mummert, Chambersburg, received the Thanks Badge for those who have an impact on the council or the entire Girl Scout program through council leadership roles in areas such as membership growth, adult generated funding, program opportunities and behavior policy. In addition to a nomination, the award requires four endorsements.

Mummert has been involved for 50 years with Girl scouting.

Susan Mummert (courrtesy)

After 10 years as a scout, she began volunteer service by helping her mother with a Cadette troop. She has served at both service unit and council levels, and currently is a service unit delegate and member of the council scholarship committee.

For more than 20 years, Mummert was the service unit cookie manager and implemented a process that is being used today. She and her husband, David, were members of the Camp El-Wa-Ho site team and in 2008 she was involved in the camp's 50th anniversary activities. During the day, she helped capture camp memories by printing photographs of alumni who participated in the celebration.